Bulls center Joakim Noah has done a lot of talking about Kevin Garnett, and Shaquille O'Neal stood up for his teammate after the Celtics beat the Bulls, 104-92. "These young cats have no respect," O'Neal said. "So, Kevin just has to teach them."

Garnett got the better of Noah, scoring 20 points to go with 17 rebounds. They were assessed double technical fouls in the third quarter. "I'm going to tell you something about people, man," Garnett said. "Everybody has an opinion, and obviously he had one. I'm not entertaining nor addressing nobodies. I'm not even entertaining them. I'm focused on basketball and these wins and trying to make this team better. Other than that, I'm not on anything."

Asked if he felt Noah was a "nobody," Garnett replied, "Next question."